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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Amy_TanAmy Tan - Wikipedia

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   Amy Ruth Tan (born February 19, 1952) is an American author best known for her novel The Joy Luck Club (1989), which was adapted into a 1993 film. She is also known for other novels, short story collections, children's books, and a memoir.

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     Amy Tan: from backyard birder to outspoken conservancy advocate with her new nature journal

     That was “the very first time Amy Tan was public with the ’Joy Luck Club.’” People this night seemed every bit, if not more excited, to talk about birds, although Tan herself had been reluctant at first to show the journal to the public.

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     In full flight: Amy Tan’s “The Backyard Bird Chronicles” takes wing

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     In Trump’s racist America, The Joy Luck Club’s Amy Tan turns to backyard birding for peace

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     Joan Baez and Amy Tan to appear at the Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley

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4. amytan.netAmy Tan’s website

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   AMY TAN. novels, short stories, essays, memoir, children’s books, libretto, film and television adaptations, and illustrated nature journals. More on Amy Tan. BREAKING NEWS. TIME-LIMITED OFFER: Buy a ticket to the City Arts & Lecture event May 18 and receive a signed book and FREE bird illustration postcard. I will be there!

5. www.npr.org › 2024/04/22 › 1246277603Amy Tan's Backyard Bird Chronicles : NPR

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   Apr 22, 2024 · If you know author Amy Tan for The Joy Luck Club — a novel about Chinese immigrant families in San Francisco — her new book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles, might seem like a deviation.

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   Who is Amy Tan?

   • Amy Tan, author of The Backyard Bird Chronicles . If you know author Amy Tan for The Joy Luck Club — a novel about Chinese immigrant families in San Francisco — her new book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles, might seem like a deviation. That's because Tan didn't set out to write a book when she started working on it in 2016.

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   Is Amy Tan a good book?

   • “What an enchanting and illuminating book! How lucky for us that Amy Tan has turned her genius, her deep empathy and insight, her keen eye for what is telling, to birds. Every page of these chronicles radiates warm curiosity, wonder, and delight.” “With this book as your guide, embark into the bird world Amy Tan.

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   Where did Amy Tan grow up?

   • Born in the U.S. in 1952 to immigrant parents from China, Amy Tan grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She attended five colleges: Linfield College, San Jose City College, San Jose State University, University of California at Santa Cruz, and University of California at Berkeley.

   Bio - Amy Tan

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   Who is Amy Tan husband Lou DeMattei?

   • Tan has been married to her husband, Lou DeMattei, for over twenty years. They live in San Francisco and New York. Best Known For: Amy Tan is a Chinese American novelist who wrote the New York Times-bestselling novel 'The Joy Luck Club.' We strive for accuracy and fairness.If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us!

   Amy Tan - Books, Short Stories & Movie - Biography

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7. amytan.net › bio-1Bio - Amy Tan

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   Amy Tan was a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the International Orange Prize. She is the recipient of many honors, including the Commonwealth Gold Award, the Carl Sandburg Award.

8. www.pbs.org › newshour › showAmy Tan turns her literary gaze on the world of birds ... - PBS

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   May 22, 2024 · New York Times bestselling author Amy Tan has turned her intense gaze to the world of birds and shared her private drawings and musings in a new book.

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   • Author: Jeffrey Brown,Lena I. Jackson

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     Amy Tan Teaches Fiction, Memory, and Imagination | Official Trailer | MasterClass

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     Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir | American Masters | PBS

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     Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir | Writing Inspiration | American Masters | PBS

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10. www.britannica.com › biography › Amy-TanAmy Tan | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica

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    4 days ago · Amy Tan (born February 19, 1952, Oakland, California, U.S.) is an American author of novels about Chinese American women and the immigrant experience. Tan grew up in California and in Switzerland and studied English and linguistics at San Jose State University (B.A., 1973; M.A., 1974) and the University of California, Berkeley.

11. www.biography.com › authors-writers › amy-tanAmy Tan - Books, Short Stories & Movie - Biography

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    Apr 2, 2014 · Amy Tan is a Chinese American novelist who wrote the New York Times-bestselling novel 'The Joy Luck Club.'